Mae West: Private Realm

For six months, a Canadian fan worked with MAE WEST in California as her “secretary-companion-slave” and all around general adorer. In his book ‘Outrageous Misfits,’ Brian Bradley explores their relationship. What began as an intimate friendship would go up in flames. This is Part 3 of 9 parts.
• • Mae West: A dream come true for Craig • •
• • Brian Bradley wrote: Working for her was a dream come true for someone so infatuated.
• • Brian Bradley wrote: Craig wasn’t punching a time card, though. He simply fell in step with her life. She consumed him.

• • Brian Bradley wrote: Morning, afternoon, night: his days were all about Mae, and in that dynamic he was given a key to the door that led to her private world. Few got to go there so intimately.
• • Brian Bradley wrote: Mae West lived separate from her Santa Monica beach house in a Hollywood apartment building called the Ravenswood in Los Angeles, California. The decor of her sixth floor [number 611] residential unit was as splashy as she was.
• • Mae West: Genuine bear rugs and artificial flowers • • ...
• • Brian Bradley's book preview will be continued on the next post.
• • Source: Toronto Star; published on Sunday, 25 October 2020.
• • On Sunday, 21 December 1969 • •
• • "Too Much of a Good Thing Can Be Wonderful" ran the headline of a lengthy piece on Mae West in the L.A. Times's Sunday magazine section called West. It was published on 21 December 1969 and quoted her tips on staying youthful and living a happy life.
• • Overheard in Hollywood • •
• • Mae West often inspired one-liners by newsmen. In 1940, for instance, this amusing statement threaded its way down the center aisle of prime Hollywood real estate: the "In Hollywood" gossip page.
• • "Watching Mae West stroll down the avenue, I always catch myself musing on the sway of all flesh," columnist Jimmie Fidler wrote.
• • In Her Own Words • •
• • Mae West said: "Beards can do one of two things for men. One type becomes very distinguished-looking and the other achieves a primitive, sexy look. What's bad about that?"
• • Quote, Unquote • •
• • An article by UPI discussed the death of Mae West.
• • Friends of Mae West gathered today for an invitation-only funeral • •
• • UPI wrote: But Paul Novak on Sunday decided 'against a three-ring circus' and instead planned this afternoon's smaller private service at a replica of Old North Church at the Forest Lawn Memorial Park in Hollywood Hills. . . .
• • Source: UPI Archives; published on Tuesday, 25 November 1980
• • The evolution of 2 Mae West plays that keep her memory alive • •
• • A discussion with Mae West playwright LindaAnn LoSchiavo — —
• • http://lideamagazine.com/renaissance-woman-new-york-city-interview-lindaann-loschiavo/
• • The Mae West Blog celebrates its 16th anniversary • • 
• • Thank you for reading, sending questions, and posting comments during these past fifteen years. Not long ago, we entertained 3,497 visitors. And we reached a milestone recently when we completed 4,600 blog posts. Wow! 
• • By the Numbers • •
• • The Mae West Blog was started fifteen years ago in July 2004. You are reading the 4,630th blog post. Unlike many blogs, which draw upon reprinted content from a newspaper or a magazine and/ or summaries, links, or photos, the mainstay of this blog is its fresh material focused on the life and career of Mae West, herself an American original.

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